"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday denied that her campaign traded money for an endorsement from one of South Carolina's most influential black politicians."
- AP Story
I still blame the Earps.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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Glad to have you back at work.
Beside the rather obvious point that the "single flag" Hillary would unite us under is an all white one, she doesn't understand the confederate flag at all.
It is not flying as a symbol of slavery or racism. The "north" had plenty of slaves in 1860 as well, and evidence would show that conditions for blacks in the north were no better than for those in the south. Almost all of the slaves ships were based in Rhode Island.
The war for southern independence was about whether the southern states were going to allow thenselves to be dictated to in all matters by the northeast - primarily on economic terms. The North feared the South's economic advantages and used slavery as an excuse to start and wage the war on their fellow americans.
The Confederate flag remains today a symbol of pride to southerners, pride that their ancestors were willing to stand up against a new form of tyranny from Massachusetts, and to fight and die for their land, their businesses and their freedom. And there were plenty of blacks that willingly fought for the south.
Because the North won, they got to write their version of history, and Lincoln became a hero. But, as usual, there is another quite different version of what happened and why, and the Confederate flag represents that.
Of course the northern liberals want to make the other side of the story disappear. That's what they do.
Although a southerner Jimmy Carter did screw the country, today it is the South that represents America's best hope for the future.
If the nation were to divide once again, I know which side I would be on.
The War of Northern Aggression is a very complicated subject.
As you point out, the war was about a lot more than racism and slavery.
Most of the Confederate soldiers were not slave owners. Most of them were too poor to own slaves. Maybe they would have been slave owners if they were richer, but that is an interesting "what if" that is never going to be resolved.
Most Confederate soldiers were probably fighting to protect their states from what they viewed as Northern aggression.
Slavery was a factor. Some of the Union soldiers were fanatically anti-slavery, particularly some of the soldiers of German-descent. One of my ancestors was in that group.
However, most Union soldiers probably had a list of reasons for fighting, and some of those lists probably did not even include slavery.
Modern northern liberals, and liberals in general, want to slant the story in a way that furthers liberalism, just like they do with every other subject.
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